diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/artifact-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b45404a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+name: artifact-unit-tests
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: 12.x
+
+    # In order to upload & download artifacts from a shell script, certain env variables need to be set that are only available in the
+    # node context. This runs a local action that gets and sets the necessary env variables that are needed
+    - name: Set env variables
+      uses: ./packages/artifact/__tests__/ci-test-action/
+
+    # Need root node_modules because certain npm packages like jest are configured for the entire repository and it won't be possible
+    # without these to just compile the artifacts package
+    - name: Install root npm packages
+      run: npm ci
+
+    - name: Compile artifact package
+      run: |
+        npm ci
+        npm run tsc
+      working-directory: packages/artifact
+    
+    - name: Set artifact file contents
+      run: |
+        echo "::set-env name=non-gzip-artifact-content::hello"
+        echo "::set-env name=gzip-artifact-content::Some large amount of text that has a compression ratio that is greater than 100%. If greater than 100%, gzip is used to upload the file"
+
+    - name: Create files that will be uploaded
+      run: |
+        mkdir artifact-path 
+        echo ${{ env.non-gzip-artifact-content }} > artifact-path/world.txt
+        echo ${{ env.gzip-artifact-content }} > artifact-path/gzip.txt
+
+    # We're using node -e to call the functions directly available in the @actions/artifact package
+    - name: Upload artifacts using uploadArtifact()
+      run: |
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/artifact/lib/artifact-client').create().uploadArtifact('my-artifact-1',['artifact-path/world.txt'], '${{ github.workspace }}'))"
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/artifact/lib/artifact-client').create().uploadArtifact('my-artifact-2',['artifact-path/gzip.txt'], '${{ github.workspace }}'))"
+
+    - name: Download artifacts using downloadArtifact()
+      run: |
+        mkdir artifact-1-directory
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/artifact/lib/artifact-client').create().downloadArtifact('my-artifact-1','artifact-1-directory'))"
+        mkdir artifact-2-directory
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/artifact/lib/artifact-client').create().downloadArtifact('my-artifact-2','artifact-2-directory'))"
+    
+    - name: Verify downloadArtifact()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        scripts/test-artifact-file.sh "artifact-1-directory/artifact-path/world.txt" "${{ env.non-gzip-artifact-content }}"
+        scripts/test-artifact-file.sh "artifact-2-directory/artifact-path/gzip.txt" "${{ env.gzip-artifact-content }}"
+
+    - name: Download artifacts using downloadAllArtifacts()
+      run: |
+        mkdir multi-artifact-directory
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/artifact/lib/artifact-client').create().downloadAllArtifacts('multi-artifact-directory'))"
+
+    - name: Verify downloadAllArtifacts()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        scripts/test-artifact-file.sh "multi-artifact-directory/my-artifact-1/artifact-path/world.txt" "${{ env.non-gzip-artifact-content }}"
+        scripts/test-artifact-file.sh "multi-artifact-directory/my-artifact-2/artifact-path/gzip.txt" "${{ env.gzip-artifact-content }}"
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diff --git a/packages/artifact/__tests__/ci-test-action/action.yml b/packages/artifact/__tests__/ci-test-action/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f80bce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/artifact/__tests__/ci-test-action/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+name: 'Set env variables'
+description: 'Sets certain env variables so that e2e artifact upload and download can be tested in a shell'
+runs:
+  using: 'node12'
+  main: 'index.js'
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diff --git a/packages/artifact/__tests__/ci-test-action/index.js b/packages/artifact/__tests__/ci-test-action/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2ff6aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/artifact/__tests__/ci-test-action/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Certain env variables are not set by default in a shell context and are only available in a node context from a running action
+// In order to be able to upload and download artifacts e2e in a shell when running CI tests, we need these env variables set
+console.log(`::set-env name=ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL::${process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL}`)
+console.log(`::set-env name=ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN::${process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN}`)
+console.log(`::set-env name=GITHUB_RUN_ID::${process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID}`)
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diff --git a/packages/artifact/package-lock.json b/packages/artifact/package-lock.json
index 5e6ea9fc..4cccbe33 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/artifact/package-lock.json
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "@actions/core": {
+      "version": "1.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/core/-/core-1.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Wp4xnyokakM45Uuj4WLUxdsa8fJjKVl1fDTsPbTEcTcuu0Nb26IPQbOtjmnfaCPGcaoPOOqId8H9NapZ8gii4w=="
+    },
     "@actions/http-client": {
       "version": "1.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-1.0.7.tgz",
@@ -118,6 +123,12 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tunnel/-/tunnel-0.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-1h/Lnq9yajKY2PEbBadPXj3VxsDDu844OnaAo52UVmIzIvwwtBPIuNvkjuzBlTWpfJyUbG3ez0KSBibQkj4ojg=="
     },
+    "typescript": {
+      "version": "3.8.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-3.8.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MYlEfn5VrLNsgudQTVJeNaQFUAI7DkhnOjdpAp4T+ku1TfQClewlbSuTVHiA+8skNBgaf02TL/kLOvig4y3G8w==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "wrappy": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/artifact/package.json b/packages/artifact/package.json
index 16f136c4..1068489d 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/package.json
+++ b/packages/artifact/package.json
@@ -41,5 +41,8 @@
     "@types/tmp": "^0.1.0",
     "tmp": "^0.1.0",
     "tmp-promise": "^2.0.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^3.8.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/test-artifact-file.sh b/scripts/test-artifact-file.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8b90c1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-artifact-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+path="$1"
+expectedContent="$2"
+
+if [ "$path" == "" ]; then
+    echo "File path not provided"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$expectedContent" == "" ]; then
+    echo "Expected file contents not provided"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$path" ]; then
+    echo "Expected file $path does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+actualContent=$(cat $path)
+if [ "$actualContent" != "$expectedContent" ];then
+    echo "File contents are not correct, expected $expectedContent, recieved $actualContent"
+    exit 1
+fi
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